Tag Archives: University of North Carolina
Suzetta Perkins. Betrayed. Silver Spring, MD: Strebor Books, 2011.
When her daughter Afrika insists on attending North Carolina Central University, Mimi Bailey feels she has no choice but to move back to Durham, North Carolina to support her daughter. Mimi also attended NCCU, but only for her freshman year, … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Durham, Perkins, Suzetta, Piedmont, Suspense/Thriller
Ann Hite. Ghost on Black Mountain. New York: Gallery Books, 2011.
Nellie Clay falls hard for winter-eyed, curly-haired Hobbs Pritchard. In no time at all they are married, paying no heed to Nellie’s mama, who warns that she sees death in her tea leaves. It’s 1939, and despite the Depression that … Continue reading
Alan Thompson. A Hollow Cup. Livermore, CA: Wingspan Press, 2011.
Lilah Freedman, a young woman involved in the civil rights movements in the small North Carolina town of New Hope in 1966, was brutally murdered one night after a protest at the local university. The white man originally accused of … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Historical, Mystery, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Orange, Piedmont, Thompson, Alan
Mark Phialas. Who Killed 20G? Williamsburg, VA: Cherokee McGhee, 2011.
Trent Jones is a has-been M.P. with a penchant for poker and scotch, and a passion for UNC basketball. The obsession with liquor and gambling means that he’s often drunk, broke, or some combination of the two, and that his … Continue reading
Heather Newton. Under the Mercy Trees. New York: Harper, 2011.
When Leon Owenby, the eldest of five siblings, goes missing in Willoby County, North Carolina, his family rallies together to try to find him. Although he is an ornery (at best) individual, his disappearance is unsettling. Leon always keeps to … Continue reading
Filed under 2010-2019, 2011, Mountains, Newton, Heather, Novels Set in Fictional Places
Warren Rochelle. The Called. Urbana, IL: Golden Gryphon Press, 2010.
At the end of Harvest of Changelings, the tetrad of Hazel, Malachi, Jeff, and Russell crossed over into Faerie after defeating the Fomorii. As this new novel opens, Malachi and Hazel go back to earth, along with two other magicals, … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Coast, Orange, Piedmont, Rochelle, Warren, Science Fiction/Fantasy
Marybeth Whalen. The Mailbox. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2010.
Nineteen years have passed since Lindsey’s first summer in Sunset Beach, North Carolina, when she was introduced to the mysterious mailbox on a deserted stretch of beach. Her beau at the time, Campbell, described the folklore behind it and encouraged … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Brunswick, Coast, Religious/Inspirational, Romance/Relationship, Whalen, Marybeth
Michele Young-Stone.The Handbook for Lightning Strike Survivors. New York: Shaye Areheart Books, 2010.
New York City is a place where young people go to leave their pasts and make their futures. Two of those young people–Becca Burke and Buckley Pitank–have something unusual in common–both are lightning strike survivors. Buckley survived a strike that … Continue reading
Filed under 2010, 2010-2019, Orange, Piedmont, Young-Stone, Michele
Marilyn Denny Thomas. The Gentile and the Jew. Enumclaw, WA: Pleasant Word, 2005.
The rules of dating dictate that talk of money, politics, and religion is off limits. However, these complex topics must be addressed if a long-term relationship is the goal. For UNC graduate students Mike and Carrie, the significance of these … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2005, Duplin, New Hanover, Orange, Romance/Relationship, Thomas, Marilyn Denny
James McConnaughey. Village Chronicle. New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936.
For many of us, Chapel Hill is indeed “the southern part of heaven” but in this novel our little college town has its share of sinners. Professors preen and jockey for position; their wives gossip while maids do the housework, … Continue reading
Filed under 1930-1939, 1936, McConnaughey, James, Orange, Piedmont
